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- Dictionaryburgeon/ˈbəːdʒ(ə)n/
verb
- 1. begin to grow or increase rapidly; flourish: "the city's suburbs have burgeoned, sprawling out from the centre"
noun
- 1. a bud or young shoot. archaic, literary
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(Definition of burgeon from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press) burgeon | Business English. verb [ I ] uk / ˈbɜːdʒ ə n / us. Add to word list. to develop or grow quickly: Product placement has burgeoned to the extent that corporate logos are now found in most mainstream films.
The meaning of BURGEON is to send forth new growth (such as buds or branches) : sprout. How to use burgeon in a sentence. Did you know?
Burgeon definition: to grow or develop quickly; flourish. See examples of BURGEON used in a sentence.
to develop or grow quickly: Love burgeoned between them. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Making progress and advancing. adaptive evolution. advance the cause. advanced. advancement. age. boom. evolved. fare well. flourish. flower. follow a path. formatively. mature. punctuated equilibrium. rebuild. regenerate. ripeness. spread. wing.
verb. If something burgeons, it grows or develops rapidly. [literary] Plants burgeon from every available space. [VERB] My confidence began to burgeon later in life. [VERB] ...Japan's burgeoning satellite-TV industry. [VERB -ing] Synonyms: develop, increase, grow, flower More Synonyms of burgeon. Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary.
verb. /ˈbɜːdʒən/ /ˈbɜːrdʒən/ [intransitive] (formal) Verb Forms. to begin to grow or develop rapidly. New running clubs have burgeoned over the past decade. Manufacturers are keen to cash in on this burgeoning demand. The hedgerows had begun to burgeon with violets and primroses.
Use the verb burgeon to describe something that is growing, expanding, and flourishing. If you have a green thumb, in the spring your flower gardens may burgeon. If you don't have a green thumb, your collection of plastic plants may burgeon.
1. a. To put forth new buds, leaves, or greenery; sprout. b. To begin to grow or blossom. 2. To grow or develop rapidly; expand or proliferate. [Middle English burgeonen, from Old French borjoner, from burjon, a bud, from Vulgar Latin *burriō, burriōn-, from Late Latin burra, a shaggy garment.]
Noun. Filter. verb. To put forth buds, shoots, etc.; sprout. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. To begin to grow or blossom. American Heritage. To grow or develop rapidly; expand; proliferate; flourish. The burgeoning suburbs. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. (intransitive) To swell to the point of bursting. Wiktionary.
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